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Monday’s Music Briefing: Hands To Testify, McBride To Test & More

HYPEBOT FEATURES: Will Free Love Shape Music’s Future? EMI names a new record division CEO A call for submissions for the PopKomm-IMEA digital competion Did you miss anything? Music’s Week. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2008/07/mondays-music-b-7.html]

HYPEBOT FEATURES:ALSO READ TODAY’S UPDATE PART 2 HERE> Some musicians are opposing an EU wide

song license fearing it will lead to lower payments. (AP)

> Guy Hands, head of EMI owner Terra Firma, will take to the stand this week in a £22m trial over the tax breaks investors expected to receive from investing in British films. (FT)

> Mobile music will be a $7.3 billion market by 2011. (TechWeb)

> The MP3 player celebrates its 10th birthday. (Star Phoenix)

> A look at how concert merch is not about just t-shirts anymore. (USAToday)

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> If you’re lucky enough to be in London on 7/17 check out this music marketing smack down: MusicTank is challenging Nettwerk Music’s Terry McBride to put his philosophy into practice. He’ll not only debate his ideas with fellow professionals but in a unique experiment, be confronted with an up and coming British act for whom he will roadmap a path to success live on stage. (more) And stay tuned…I’m working on a contest with the Music Tank team that I think you’ll like.

> Listening Post has a rather quirky list of the Top 10 Music Sites. (Wired)